Heaven and the Kingdom

Ask what Christianity is for, and many people will answer in one line: believe, and when you die you will go to heaven. The whole faith becomes a ticket for later. Jesus did speak about life after death. But when he taught his followers to pray, he asked for something to come down here.

You may have sung about heaven since you were small, and it may be the hope that carried you through a funeral. That hope is not being taken from you. Let's look at what he put first. You don't need anyone's permission to follow him, inside a church or outside one, and you don't have to wait until you die to start living in his Kingdom.

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